Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are looking for a run-a-way driver who may have caused a car accident that killed a 5-year-old Texas girl.

Lily Bunker, a vivacious, beautiful little girl, died five days before Halloween on her way to school. She was in the kindergarten at Prairie Lea schools in Caldwell County.

Witnesses say the driver of an 18-wheeler hauling gravel attempted to switch lanes just before approaching FM 1977.  The driver clipped a Mercedes in the next lane. It sent that Mercedes into oncoming traffic. It struck the back of Bunker’s Camero where Lily and her 7-year-old brother Jamie were sitting.

The truck driver who caused the accident, never stopped.

DPS Troopers describe the gravel truck as a white or gray 18-wheeler with bottom- or rear-dumping capability. The truck driver could face the felony charge of failure to stop and render aid. If you can help solve this case, call DPS at 512-398-4333.

A man has been awarded almost $1.4 million after his van was hit by a tractor-trailer on October 17, 2008.

He had been offered to settle the case for $350,000, but he refused.

David Brasington was driving a commercial van towards an intersection when the truck suddenly pulled onto the road according to Brasington’s car wreck attorneys.

The defense claimed that Brasington had moved into the right-hand turn lane after the truck had entered the road.  A witness agreed that Brasington had moved, but a police investigation said that he was not in the turn lane.

After three days of trial, the jury awarded Brasington $1,733,184.  $1.16 million was for the pain and suffering.  The jury found that Brasington was also partly at fault and so the jury reduced the amount to $1,386,548.  The truck was driven for Horizon Tank Lines, and the company said they will not appeal.

Brasington suffered many injuries including a fractured femur, broken pelvis, broken ribs, fractured elbow, and a lacerated liver.  He showed signs of having difficulty walking and was out of work for over half a year.  He still has a few more surgeries to undergo.